Error message is (#12) bio field is deprecated for versions v2.8 and higher

Question

I used version 2.0.3.RELEASE of spring-social-facebook and Facebook app api v2.8. I called Facebook login but returned this message. \"(#12) bio field is deprecated for vers

Answer 1

This has been fixed in new release of spring-social-facebook. Please add the following to your pom.xml

<dependency>
    <groupId>org.springframework.social</groupId>
    <artifactId>spring-social-facebook</artifactId>
    <version>3.0.0.M1</version>
</dependency>

If you get error that this version is not available, add the following as well.

<repositories>
    <repository>
        <id>alfresco-public</id>
        <url>https://artifacts.alfresco.com/nexus/content/groups/public</url>
    </repository>
</repositories>

Answer 2

I had problems with the new version of spring-social-facebook. To fix this using version 2.0.3.RELEASE paste the following code in your SocialService.java

@PostConstruct
private void init() {
    try {
        String[] fieldsToMap = {
            "id", "about", "age_range", "birthday", "context", "cover", "currency", "devices", "education", "email", "favorite_athletes", "favorite_teams", "first_name", "gender", "hometown", "inspirational_people", "installed", "install_type","is_verified", "languages", "last_name", "link", "locale", "location", "meeting_for", "middle_name", "name", "name_format","political", "quotes", "payment_pricepoints", "relationship_status", "religion", "security_settings", "significant_other","sports", "test_group", "timezone", "third_party_id", "updated_time", "verified", "viewer_can_send_gift","website", "work"
        };

        Field field = Class.forName("org.springframework.social.facebook.api.UserOperations").
                getDeclaredField("PROFILE_FIELDS");
        field.setAccessible(true);

        Field modifiers = field.getClass().getDeclaredField("modifiers");
        modifiers.setAccessible(true);
        modifiers.setInt(field, field.getModifiers() & ~Modifier.FINAL);
        field.set(null, fieldsToMap);

    } catch (Exception ex) {
        ex.printStackTrace();
    }
}

This code will not try to retrieve bio field from Facebook.

You can see more details here: https://github.com/jhipster/generator-jhipster/issues/2349

Answer 3

I copied interface UserOperations in my project changing PROFILE_FIELDS removing bio field. On Tomcat, my edited class takes priority over org.springframework.social.facebook.api.UserOperations interface and this fix the problem. (see last rows of below file)

/*
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 *
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 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
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 *
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 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 * limitations under the License.
 */
package org.springframework.social.facebook.api;

import java.util.List;

import org.springframework.social.ApiException;
import org.springframework.social.MissingAuthorizationException;
public interface UserOperations {

/**
 * Retrieves the profile for the authenticated user.
 * @return the user's profile information.
 * @throws ApiException if there is an error while communicating with Facebook.
 * @throws MissingAuthorizationException if FacebookTemplate was not created with an access token.
 */
User getUserProfile();

/**
 * Retrieves the profile for the specified user.
 * @param userId the Facebook user ID to retrieve profile data for.
 * @return the user's profile information.
 * @throws ApiException if there is an error while communicating with Facebook.
 */
User getUserProfile(String userId);

/**
 * Retrieves the user's profile image. Returns the image in Facebook's "normal" type.
 * @return an array of bytes containing the user's profile image.
 * @throws ApiException if there is an error while communicating with Facebook.
 * @throws MissingAuthorizationException if FacebookTemplate was not created with an access token.
 */
byte[] getUserProfileImage();

/**
 * Retrieves the user's profile image. Returns the image in Facebook's "normal" type.
 * @param userId the Facebook user ID.
 * @return an array of bytes containing the user's profile image.
 * @throws ApiException if there is an error while communicating with Facebook.
 */
byte[] getUserProfileImage(String userId);

/**
 * Retrieves the user's profile image.
 * @param imageType the image type (eg., small, normal, large. square)
 * @return an array of bytes containing the user's profile image.
 * @throws ApiException if there is an error while communicating with Facebook.
 * @throws MissingAuthorizationException if FacebookTemplate was not created with an access token.
 */
byte[] getUserProfileImage(ImageType imageType);

/**
 * Retrieves the user's profile image.
 * @param userId the Facebook user ID.
 * @param imageType the image type (eg., small, normal, large. square)
 * @return an array of bytes containing the user's profile image.
 * @throws ApiException if there is an error while communicating with Facebook.
 */
byte[] getUserProfileImage(String userId, ImageType imageType);

/**
 * Retrieves the user's profile image. When height and width are both used,
 * the image will be scaled as close to the dimensions as possible and then
 * cropped down.
 * @param width the desired image width
 * @param height the desired image height
 * @return an array of bytes containing the user's profile image.
 * @throws ApiException if there is an error while communicating with Facebook.
 */
byte[] getUserProfileImage(Integer width, Integer height);

/**
 * Retrieves the user's profile image. When height and width are both used,
 * the image will be scaled as close to the dimensions as possible and then
 * cropped down.
 * @param userId the Facebook user ID.
 * @param width the desired image width
 * @param height the desired image height
 * @return an array of bytes containing the user's profile image.
 * @throws ApiException if there is an error while communicating with Facebook.
 */
byte[] getUserProfileImage(String userId, Integer width, Integer height);

/**
 * Retrieves a list of permissions that the application has been granted for the authenticated user.
 * @return the permissions granted for the user.
 * @throws ApiException if there is an error while communicating with Facebook.
 * @throws MissingAuthorizationException if FacebookTemplate was not created with an access token.
 */
List<Permission> getUserPermissions();

/**
 * Fetches IDs that the user has on any applications associated with the calling application via Facebook's Business Mapping API.
 * @return a list of ID-to-application mapping that the user has on related applications.
 */
List<UserIdForApp> getIdsForBusiness();

/**
 * Fetches a list of places that the user has checked into or has been tagged at.
 * @return a list of place tags for the user.
 */
List<PlaceTag> getTaggedPlaces();

/**
 * Searches for users.
 * @param query the search query (e.g., "Michael Scott")
 * @return a list of {@link Reference}s, each representing a user who matched the given query.
 * @throws ApiException if there is an error while communicating with Facebook.
 * @throws MissingAuthorizationException if FacebookTemplate was not created with an access token.
 */
PagedList<Reference> search(String query);

static final String[] PROFILE_FIELDS = {
    "id", "about", "age_range",/*"bio",*/ "birthday", "context", "cover", "currency", "devices", "education", "email", 
    "favorite_athletes", "favorite_teams", "first_name", "gender", "hometown", "inspirational_people", "installed", "install_type",
    "is_verified", "languages", "last_name", "link", "locale", "location", "meeting_for", "middle_name", "name", "name_format", 
    "political", "quotes", "payment_pricepoints", "relationship_status", "religion", "security_settings", "significant_other", 
    "sports", "test_group", "timezone", "third_party_id", "updated_time", "verified", "video_upload_limits", "viewer_can_send_gift", 
    "website", "work"
};

}

Answer 4

Workaround for JHipster. Add the following snippet into your SocialService class until spring-social-facebook is fixed.

import java.lang.reflect.Field;
import java.lang.reflect.Modifier;
import javax.annotation.PostConstruct;

@PostConstruct
private void init() {
    try {
        String[] fieldsToMap = { "id", "about", "age_range", "birthday",
                "context", "cover", "currency", "devices", "education",
                "email", "favorite_athletes", "favorite_teams",
                "first_name", "gender", "hometown", "inspirational_people",
                "installed", "install_type", "is_verified", "languages",
                "last_name", "link", "locale", "location", "meeting_for",
                "middle_name", "name", "name_format", "political",
                "quotes", "payment_pricepoints", "relationship_status",
                "religion", "security_settings", "significant_other",
                "sports", "test_group", "timezone", "third_party_id",
                "updated_time", "verified", "viewer_can_send_gift",
                "website", "work" };

        Field field = Class.forName(
                "org.springframework.social.facebook.api.UserOperations")
                .getDeclaredField("PROFILE_FIELDS");
        field.setAccessible(true);

        Field modifiers = field.getClass().getDeclaredField("modifiers");
        modifiers.setAccessible(true);
        modifiers.setInt(field, field.getModifiers() & ~Modifier.FINAL);
        field.set(null, fieldsToMap);

    } catch (Exception ex) {
        ex.printStackTrace();
    }
}

Source: https://github.com/jhipster/generator-jhipster/issues/2349 - minus bio in fieldsToMap array.

Answer 5

Under grails spring security facebook I had a similar issue and thanks to @user6904265 I have managed to get it working:

//This was provided example method:
//org.springframework.social.facebook.api.User fbProfile = facebook.userOperations().userProfile
//This is the groovy way of declaring fields:
String[] fields = ['id',"email", "age_range", "birthday","first_name",
                    "last_name","gender"]  as String[]
//This bit pay attention to the User.class segment. 
org.springframework.social.facebook.api.User fbProfile = 
facebook.fetchObject("me", 
org.springframework.social.facebook.api.User.class, fields)

Basically the default provided example above states User.class. This running locally was unable to find fields such as last_name etc and gave a list it could query. Those provided options were from the actual spring security User class (default to my app) so ensure you also look up correct user classes.

Answer 6

I got the same error, 2.0.3.RELEASE of spring-social-facebook seems to be not compatible with v2.8 Facebook API version (released yesterday). Reading from facebook changelog for the v2.8 (https://developers.facebook.com/docs/apps/changelog):

User Bios - The bio field on the User object is no longer available. If the bio field was set for a person, the value will now be appended to the about field.

I think we have to wait a new release of spring-social-facebook library. In the release 2.0.3 (in the interface org.springframework.social.facebook.api.UserOperations) there is the "bio" field in the PROFILE_FIELDS constant and it is not supported in the v2.8 facebook API version.

UPDATE: I found a workaround in my case:

BEFORE:

Connection<Facebook> connection = facebookConnectionFactory.createConnection(accessGrant);
Facebook facebook = connection.getApi();
User userProfile = facebook.userOperations().getUserProfile();//raises the exception caused by the "bio" field.

AFTER

Connection<Facebook> connection = facebookConnectionFactory.createConnection(accessGrant);
Facebook facebook = connection.getApi();
String [] fields = { "id", "email",  "first_name", "last_name" };
User userProfile = facebook.fetchObject("me", User.class, fields);

Here a complete list of field you could use:

{ "id", "about", "age_range", "birthday", "context", "cover", "currency", "devices", "education", "email", "favorite_athletes", "favorite_teams", "first_name", "gender", "hometown", "inspirational_people", "installed", "install_type", "is_verified", "languages", "last_name", "link", "locale", "location", "meeting_for", "middle_name", "name", "name_format", "political", "quotes", "payment_pricepoints", "relationship_status", "religion", "security_settings", "significant_other", "sports", "test_group", "timezone", "third_party_id", "updated_time", "verified", "video_upload_limits", "viewer_can_send_gift", "website", "work"}